30 Seconds for Dec. 20

Strasburg council, if I were you and wanted things to pass, I would put up the Christmas decorations and see that things get done in town. The town looks awful.

Overseas, there are a million people living in refugee camps — displaced, homeless and hungry. In this country, we're worried about whether Santa Claus is black or white. Bah humbug!

The Seneca Drive, Dover, area used to be a nice place to live and raise a family. People took pride in their properties. Lately, families have moved in and graced us with horse trailers, pop-up campers, boats and muddy four-wheelers parked in their yards. You can't walk on the sidewalk any more because you have to go into the street to avoid the hillbilly havens. Come on, folks.

Let me get this right. All you have to do in New Philadelphia is threaten to resign your position and go back in rank, and that way you'll get a $20,000 pay increase. Is that how it works? You're going to start a trend that will not stop until everybody is higher and the city is completely broke. You better get your ducks in a row, New Philadelphia Council. You're making a huge mistake.

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